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the tennessee and says someone forgot to spell check before rolling out the website. senate has only one t. it has since been fixed. >>> detroit could soon have company in bankruptcy court and if other municipalities or states wind up there, it could become the cause of a common affliction. chief national correspondent jim angle tonight on the unfunded pension peril. >> reporter: many state and city workers around the country are worried what happened in detroit may happen to them. abru bankrupt city that starts cut pension benefits. >> there's a tendency to overpromise, underfund them, and when a problem comes up, the actuary says put in so much, they're very ready to just defer that cost onto the next generation. >> reporter: some pensions have been improving, but a study found eight states have less than 60% of funds. illinois the worst at 45%. $138 billion short. >> every year lost is a much bigger challenge as one rolls forward. so they have to make either significant tax changes or they need to make significant benefit changes. >> reporter: politicians have noth
the tennessee and says someone forgot to spell check before rolling out the website. senate has only one t. it has since been fixed. >>> detroit could soon have company in bankruptcy court and if other municipalities or states wind up there, it could become the cause of a common affliction. chief national correspondent jim angle tonight on the unfunded pension peril. >> reporter: many state and city workers around the country are worried what happened in detroit may happen to...
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. >>> a tennessee judge changed a seven month old's birth name because he hasn't earned it. the parents went to court, they couldn't agree on his last name. the judge took issue with his first name, messiah. said it had to be changed to martin. she said that title is only for jesus christ. that was the fourth fastest rising baby name in 2012 according to the social security administration. >>> and finally the washington state supreme court says a drunken driver and her passenger can sue the power company for installing the utility pole they hit while driving intoxicated. a seattle tv station reports the driver's blood alcohol level was almost twice the legal limit, but the pole was only four and a half feet instead of a required ten feet. the passenger was permanently disfigured. the driver pled guilty to felony vehicular assault. >>> over the weekend, we brought you a look at the rapidly expanding food stamp culture in america. this week we have highlights from the special. tonight, bret baier looks at the intricate outreach to food stamp recipients. >> individual has a cer
. >>> a tennessee judge changed a seven month old's birth name because he hasn't earned it. the parents went to court, they couldn't agree on his last name. the judge took issue with his first name, messiah. said it had to be changed to martin. she said that title is only for jesus christ. that was the fourth fastest rising baby name in 2012 according to the social security administration. >>> and finally the washington state supreme court says a drunken driver and her...
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states like indiana, georgia, tennessee, have some of the strictest voter i.d. laws in the country. in those states last year, black voter turnout exceeded white voter turnout. if republicans are trying to suppress the black vote, they are doing a spectacularly bad job of it. >> shannon: you mentioned indiana. of course that state's voter i.d. law was challenged all the way to the supreme court five years ago. justice john paul stephens not of the right wing persuasion said basically, you know, if you have to show up admv office and turn in documents and pose for a picture that's not too much to ask from somebody who wants to vote. >> that's why i think the claim that it's unconstitutional is not going to hold up. >> at least on that point talking about voter i.d. >> that's usually the sticking point in all of these cases. it's also the political point. but there is one aspect of the political argument that i think is missed. the left gets the prestige of this by saying that its position is to prevent people from being -- from losing the right to vote from being disenfranchised. but
states like indiana, georgia, tennessee, have some of the strictest voter i.d. laws in the country. in those states last year, black voter turnout exceeded white voter turnout. if republicans are trying to suppress the black vote, they are doing a spectacularly bad job of it. >> shannon: you mentioned indiana. of course that state's voter i.d. law was challenged all the way to the supreme court five years ago. justice john paul stephens not of the right wing persuasion said basically, you...
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the person in charge of the conservative editorial page for a tennessee newspaper has been fired over this headline in the chattanooga times free press tuesday. take your jobs plan and shove it, mr. president. drew johnson says his boss told him she had gotten complaints, was starting a new policy he had to get his headlines cleared. a short time later, he says he was fired when that new policy applied rest row actively. the paper says the headline was inappropriate. he says i was the first person in the history of newspapers to be fired for writing a paper's most-read article. seattle city employees are now prohibited, prohibited from using the term citizen and brown bag. a recent city memo says those words can be considered offensive. citizen should be replaced by resident. not all seattleites are u.s. citizens. brownback has racial connotations. city workers can use the term sack lunch or lunch and learn instead. >>> finally, playboy, penthouse and similar magazines won't be sold on army bases but not for the reason you think. earlier, the defense department ruled it should be remo
the person in charge of the conservative editorial page for a tennessee newspaper has been fired over this headline in the chattanooga times free press tuesday. take your jobs plan and shove it, mr. president. drew johnson says his boss told him she had gotten complaints, was starting a new policy he had to get his headlines cleared. a short time later, he says he was fired when that new policy applied rest row actively. the paper says the headline was inappropriate. he says i was the first...